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Patent GB-191316973-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Aeroplane Flying Machines.
Inventor: SHORT HORACE LEONARD
IPC: B64C3/56
Filed: 1913-07-24
Granted: 1914-07-23
Abstract: 16,973. Short, H. L., Short, A. E., and Short, H. O. July 24. P l a n e s, arrangement and construction of.-In monoplanes having wings or planes which can be turned about vertical hinges so as to lie parallel with the body, the rear spar 3 or 4 of each wing is hinged near its inner end to a fixed part 1. The stays 21 attached to the upper side of each wing are connected to the upper end of a king- post 6 or 7 arranged adjacent to the hinge of the wing, and the lower stays are connected to the frame of the machine at a point below the hinge. The posts 6, 7 are braced to uprights 8, 9 fixed to the frame of the machine. The wings are further supported in the folded position by loops 27 on the rear spars, which engage with the upturned ends of a bar 25 secured to the fuselage. The front spar of the planes has a fixed central tubular portion 10 carrying posts 16, 17, Fig. 4, and outer parts 11, 12 carrying posts 14, 15. When the wings are in the flying position, the posts 14, 15 are braced to the posts 16, 17, and the inner ends 13 of the spars 11, 12 are secured to the tube 10. The parts 18, 19 of the plane are secured to the fuselage.
Patent GB-191318617-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Rotary Cutting Tools.
Inventor: SCHOENING HERMANN
IPC: B23B51/05
Filed: 1912-08-16
Abstract: 18,617. Schoening, H., [Firm of]. Aug. 16, 1912, [Convention date]. Void. [Published under Section 91 of the Act.] Drills and cutters.-An adjustable annular pin drill has the cutters detachably secured in a head g interchangeably mounted on the coned portion h of the drill body. The centre point v is adjustably mounted in a piston-rod c controlled as to pressure on the work during cutting, by fluid allowed to pass from above to below the piston d by a valve o provided with a graduated head for setting to give a predetermined pressure. A ring r loose on the drill may be held by the hand to reduce automatically the pressure as cutting proceeds by means of a star wheel y. The piston is returned by means such as a light spring w, a ball valve x permitting rapid return of the fluid.
Patent GB-191319077-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with the Construction of Barges, Scows, Pontoons or other Vessels of Reinforced Concrete.
Inventor: FOUGNER NICOLAY KNUDTZON
IPC: B63B35/34
Filed: 1913-08-22
Granted: 1914-04-30
Abstract: 19,077. Fougner, N. K. Aug. 22. Caissons; floating docks.-Relates to the construction of barges, caissons, floating docks, &c. of reinforced concrete of the type described in Specifications 29,938/12 and 29,939/12, [both in Class 113 (ii), Ships and boats, Kinds &c. of]. The Figures show the application to a lighter, but floating docks and caissons are similarly formed of a framework of longitudinal and transverse trusses provided with a skin of reinforced concrete so as to make a hollow water-tight structure. The deck reinforcement consists of rods E, F, G over and between the beams D which are reinforced with rods H, I. Stirrups J may be provided. The bottom A<1> is constructed like the deck, but reversed. The ends consist of a slab C and beam D'. The sides consist of flat slabs with vertical stiffeners and longitudinal beams at the top and bottom. They are reinforced like the bottom A<1>, but with the addition of diagonal tension-rods between the stiffeners. The interior trusses shown in Fig. 4 consist of vertical V, diagonals W, and chords X, X<1>. An open transverse truss Y and bulkhead V<1> are shown in Fig. 5.
Patent GB-191323394-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Vacuum Cleaners.
IPC: A47L5/04
Filed: 1913-10-16
Granted: 1915-06-17
Abstract: 23,394. Armorduct Manufacturing Co., and MacGregor, G. Oct. 16. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Vacuum cleaning-apparatus.-In apparatus of the traction type which is also adapted for cleaning while stationary, the usual suction nozzle can be cut out by an auxiliary fitting communicating with the suction chamber. A casing 1 comprises a suction chamber 2 closed at the front by a nozzle 3 detachably held by clips 4. The machine is supported at the rear by a pair of wheels 7 mounted on an axle 8 carrying a toothed wheel 9 which drives a sprocket 12 by means of a chain 13. The axle of the sprocket 12 has a pair of cranks 11 which actuate the bellows by connecting-rods 19. The nozzle is formed with a semicircular cut 5 leading to a circular orifice 6 which communicates with the suction chamber 2. When used as a stationary cleaner, a plug 32 opposite the orifice 6 is removed and a hollow fitting 33 with an attached nozzle 34<a> is inserted as described in Specification 20,269/12. The bellows are then actuated by rocking the handle 20, which is connected by an arm 30 to a disk 28 grooved to contain wires which are crossed and wound in opposite directions in two grooves upon a drum 25 mounted on the shaft 8. The drum 25 is loose upon the shaft when the bellows are actuated from the flow wheels. In modifications, the arm 30 may be attached to a toothed sector which operates a toothed wheel on the axle shaft 8, and four bellows may be used mounted in pairs above and below the suction chamber.
Patent GB-191328927-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Starting Apparatus for Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: HENKART CHARLES EMILE
IPC: F02N5/02
Filed: 1913-12-15
Granted: 1914-06-04
Abstract: 28,927. Henkart, C. E. Sept. 1, [Convention date]. Turning-gear.-A spring d connected to a rack c through a cable e starts the engine through a wheel g and claw clutch l. The rack is normally held by a spring-pressed pawl j. To start. a cord k is pulled, which, through a cord n and lever m, closes the clutch, and which then releases the pawl, springs p, q placed in the cords being of different strengths in order to effect this sequence. At the end of the travel of the rack, a projection s on the rack strikes the lever m and opens the clutch. To tension the spring d a second clutch 1 is closed to connect a shaft u to a reducing-train z. This 'shaft carries a drum on which is wound a cord x connected to the rack. At the end of the return travel of the rack a second projection 4 thereon strikes the lever 2 and opens the clutch 1.
Patent GB-191400901-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electric Railway, Tramway & like Systems.
Inventor: ASPINALL JOHN AUDLEY FREDERICK
IPC: B60M1/30
Filed: 1914-01-13
Granted: 1915-02-15
Abstract: 901. Aspinall, J. A. F. Jan. 13. Conductors for electricity; guards, points, and crossings for conductors; shoe collectors.-In electric railway, tramway, and like systems, the thirdrail conductors have base, web, and flange portions distinct from one another, and current is collected from the sides of one or more of the flanges, the surface of which is substantially parallel with the web portion. The preferred form of rail is shown in Fig. 1, the base 1 being broader and thinner than the flange portion 2. In another form, a pair of substantially channel-shaped rails are mounted together with the collecting-edges of their flanges adjacent to each other, a single collector in the form of a bar under torsional action being used to contact with both conductors. The rails may be arranged to have their centre of gravity so low that they need not be fastened down to their supports ; but it is preferred that the rails and their guards 8, 9 be secured by detachable clips 10 held in position by ordinary chair keys 11. The insulators shown are provided with a centre portion 15 having a depression to receive a wooden block 46, which carries the rail, and with lower side cheeks 17, 18 to carry the guards. If desired, insulating- pieces having a higher dielectric strength than wood are inserted between the rails and their guards. Fig. 5 shows a modified arrangement in which the conductor rail is not fixed to the support, but prevented from moving laterally by a stamped metal cap 63 fitting over the insulator and having lips 64 engaging the rail. In place of caps, projections such as 68, Fig. 8, may be formed on the wooden or other supporting-blocks to prevent lateral movement, or the rail base may be rolled with ribs which engage recesses in the insulator. At points and crossings, a ramp is provided or the conductor rails are tapered to form a suitable guide for the collector shoe approaching the end of the rails. To adapt the standard insulators for supporting the guards &c. at ramps, detachable caps 47, Fig. 8, are slipped over them, these caps having distance - pieces 48 arranged to suit the various relative positions of the guards &c. To prevent the foot of a person from entering the opening between the guards at the end of a ramp rail, a guard-piece is arranged transverse to the guards across the open end.
Patent GB-191401252-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electric Incandescent Lamps.
Inventor: MACKAY GEORGE MOIR JOHNSTON
IPC: H01K1/56
Filed: 1914-01-16
Granted: 1914-08-27
Abstract: 1252. Mackay, G. M. J. Sept. 8, 1913,. [Convention date]. Residual gases. - An oxide of phosphorus, preferably the pentoxide, is placed in a metalfilament lamp to prevent blackening, any deposit being colourless. The pentoxide may be crystalline or amorphous, or fused by heating under pressure, the lastnamed variety having a lower vapour pressure than the others. A vessel containing the pentoxide may be connected to a tube 4, through which the lamp is exhausted rapidly while the vessel is heated gently. The pentoxide is then manipulated into the position shown at 3, and the tube 4 is sealed off. A plug 5 of glass wool or the like may be added to prevent over-rapid diffusion. The fused pentoxide may be put on a filament support or in a central stem. A glass capsule containing it may be placed for instance in a hollow stem and broken after exhaustion. Specification 21,654/06 is referred to.
Patent GB-191402818-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Preparation of Photo Mechanical Printing Surfaces.
Inventor: KNUDSEN HUGO CONSTANTIN
IPC: G03F5/14
Filed: 1914-08-07
Granted: 1915-07-22
Abstract: 2818. Knudsen, H. C. Aug. 7. Photomechanical printing-surfaces.-For making printing-surfaces, a half-tone reproduction from a continuous-tone negative or positive 2 is made in a copying or enlarging camera, and a half-tone screen 5, having globular particles, and such as is described in Specification 2817/14, is placed in contact with the sensitive surface 4. In making planographic printing-surfaces for offset printing, the copying is done direct on to a sensitized grained printing-plate. The colour of the globules should be complementary to the actinic or ultra-violet light or to the colour of the particular light or rays it is desired to neutralize.
Patent GB-191403858-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Induction Motors.
Inventor: HARTNELL WILSON
IPC: H02K17/16
Filed: 1914-02-14
Granted: 1915-01-07
Abstract: 3858. Hartnell, W., and Rayner, D. D. Feb. 14. Conductors. - In induction motors having squirrel-cage rotors, the ends of the rotor bars A are bent round and secured together and to the end rings D by bolts, rivets, &c. C. The bars may be arranged with the bent parts facing in the same direction. Ventilation is secured by leaving spaces between the ends of the conductors and the rotor body, and between the rings D. The bars and rings may be laminated, and the starting-torque may be adjusted by varying the number of laminations in the rings. Slots may be formed in the rotor between the bars.
Patent GB-191408972-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Lavatories for Ships' Cabins and the like.
Inventor: WHITFIELD GILBERT
IPC: B63B29/00
Filed: 1914-04-09
Granted: 1914-12-24
Abstract: 8972. Whitfield, G., and Johnson, C. April 9. Lavatory basins.-Relates to folding-apparatus of the type in which U-shaped brackets for the basin &c. are pivoted to vertical angle-iron standards, and consists of the following features: slots e in the standards a for the reception of the ends of the brackets and so retaining the brackets in horizontal position; lugs c for the pivot-pins d; an additional bracket h for a pail p and brackets j, j<1> for a water receptacle; and a sheet-metal plate g, Fig. 6, with soap-trays g<1> to form, with the bracket b, a support for the basin f.
Patent GB-191410002-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Heat Exchanging Apparatus.
Inventor: ZIMMERMANN HANS
IPC: F28F9/26
Filed: 1914-04-22
Granted: 1915-07-08
Abstract: 10,002. Zimmermann, H. April 22. Honeycomb and like tube apparatus.-A ferrule at the end of each pipe fits closely around the pipe and is enlarged to an hexagonal or other form suitable for assembling with similar ferrules. The closely-fitting part b of the ferrule shown is formed with a flared top f to receive the molten metal securing the ferrule.
Patent GB-191415720-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Ironing Machines for Cloth Caps.
Inventor: SOLOMON ISAAC
IPC: D06F69/00
Filed: 1914-07-01
Granted: 1915-02-04
Abstract: 15,720. Solomon, I. July 1. Ironing-machines with rollers.-A machine for ironing the seams of cloth caps is provided with two internally-heated rollers h<1>, h<2>, pressing upon a roller f on which the cap is placed, the heated rollers being mounted on the upper part a<2> of a frame, hinged at a<3> to a lower fixed part a<1>. Pressure is applied by springs p connected to adjustable hooked members o. The seams are opened out before passing under the rollers h<1>, h<2> by a small V-sectioned roller s carried on a curved spring-mounted bracket r, a small finger s<1> being placed behind the roller s to keep the seam open. The rollers h<1>, h<2> are supplied with gas through a forked pipe j, and the roller f is driven from a belt-pulley e. This pulley may be driven by hand or in a manner similar to that of an ordinary power-driven sewing-machine, and may be provided with similar pedal-operated driving - gear. The part a<1> of the frame may be secured to the ordinary block c of a sewing-machine frame. The rollers h<1>, h<2> may be in two parts secured together by screws.
Patent GB-191417514-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Hoisting, Lowering & Turning Gear for Ships Boats, Rafts & the like.
Inventor: HOPTHROW JOHN EDWIN
IPC: B63B23/18
Filed: 1914-07-24
Granted: 1915-07-26
Abstract: 17,514. Kopthrow, J. E. July 24. Boat and raft raising and lowering gear; davits. -Comprises winding-drums 6, 7 which may be operated by a hollow shaft 15 carrying a worm 14 in gear with a worm-wheel 9, the shaft 15 being loosely mounted on the shaft 16 which operates a sluing-davit through a worm 18, as shown. The loose drum 7 is connected to the shaft 3 when a clutch 12 is operated and it may be rotated independently of the fixed drum 6 by hand gearing (not shown) for the purpose of adjusting the level of a boat in the lowering operation. The shaft 3 can be operated by the handle 17 through worm gearing 9, 14 and clutch mechanism 10. A brake 22 for the shaft 3 is provided.
Patent GB-191418854-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Tobacco Pipes, and Cigar and Cigarette Holders.
Inventor: MASON JOHN
IPC: A24F1/30
Filed: 1914-08-20
Granted: 1915-08-12
Abstract: 18,854. Mason, J. Aug. 20. Tobacco pipes and cigar and cigarette holders. - A pipe or holder, having a water or other liquid reservoir R to trap nicotine and cool the smoke, is provided with a baffle e or with a lip on the tube b for directing the smoke on to the liquid, and the oulet A' from the mouthpiece is some distance from the end so that the pipe may be held across the mouth by teeth at both side of the jaw. The reservoir may be a detachable insertion E, the outlet A<1> may have a perforated cover, several small outlets may replace the large one shown, and, to facilitate cleaning, the bore a may extend to the end of the mouthpiece and be closed by a stopper. A packing-ring c of rubber or other material is arranged between the mouthpiece and stem, whether the-joint be a screw or friction one.
Patent GB-191419229-A (GB)
Title: Improvements connected with Washing Compounds.
IPC: C11D17/00
Filed: 1914-08-29
Granted: 1915-03-25
Abstract: 19,229. Freestone, J. T., and Walker, W. & F. Aug. 29. Cleansing-compositions.-A tablet for washing clothes &c. is composed of an alkali perborate, a washing-alkali such as soda ash, and a liquid hydrocarbon such as petroleum spirit, with or without borax. The ingredients are mixed as powder with the hydrocarbon absorbed therein, and pressed to form the tablet, which is encased in paraffin or like wax.
Patent GB-191423593-A (GB)
Title: Improved Crematorium.
Inventor: CLIFTON COURTENAY THORNTON
IPC: F23G1/00
Filed: 1914-12-05
Granted: 1915-10-28
Abstract: 23,593. Clifton, C. T. Dec. 5, Drawings to Specification. Refuse-consuming furnaces. -A portable forced-draught crematory furnace, which may also be used for the destruction of infected or objectionable matter, is constructed of sections each forming a complete unit, so that the furnace can be built up to any desired size. The units are elliptical in cross-section, and are formed of fire-clay or other suitable material surrounded by a casing of sheet-iron. The lowermost unit is provided with an ash-discharging hole, and with means for admitting air supplied by a fan or compressor carried by a motor-vehicle.
Patent GB-191424651-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lifeboats having Collapsible Upper Structures.
Inventor: GOUK ARCHIBALD
IPC: B63C9/02
Filed: 1914-12-28
Granted: 1915-10-28
Abstract: 24,651. Gouk, A., and Nisbet, R. Dec. 28. Collapsible boats.-In a life-boat of the type having rigid inboard folding bulwarks and seats, and air cases f round a central open well a, the bulwarks b are supported by struts or stanchions h hinged thereto and extending through openings in the deck, as shown. In the raised position, the struts are secured by wedges i. The short folding cross-seats care made in one with, or are secured to, longitudinal side seats d, and are supported at the inner ends on struts g<1>. The central well is preferably provided with a longitudinal seat l.
Patent GB-191503049-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Trouser Stretcher and Suit Holder.
Inventor: WHITCOMBE WILSON BERWICK
IPC: A47G25/68
Filed: 1915-02-25
Abstract: 3049. Whitcombe, W. B. Feb. 25. No Patent granted (Sealing fee not paid). Coat - hangers ; trouserstretchers. - A t r o u s e rstretcher consists of two ferrule-jointed rods H<1>, H' taking at one end into a rail A, which forms the base for a trouser clamp B. The other ends of the rods pass freely through the bottom rail D of a second clamp E and are joined by a bar G, which carries the tension screw J for traversing the rail D and clamp E on the rods. The rail A is formed as a coat-carrying yoke and has a central suspension hook L.
Patent GB-191503770-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Metal Lockers, Shelves, Pigeon Holes and the like.
IPC: A47B47/02
Filed: 1915-03-09
Granted: 1915-11-04
Abstract: 3770. Hall, G. S., Chamberlain, A. N. and Hoskins & Son. March 9. Cupboards; shelves. - Metal lockers, shelves, pigeonholes, &c. are constructed with side members having tubular beaded edges m, shelves which have beaded edges k behind those of the side members, and vertical partitions having beaded edges n behind those of the shelves. The parts are secured together by screwed rods inserted in the tubular edges.
Patent GB-191504321-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Carburetters for Internal-combustion Engines.
Inventor: LINDBLOM HJALMAR
IPC: F02M9/08
Filed: 1915-03-19
Abstract: 4321. Lindblom, H. March 19. Combinations of interdependent valves. - In a carburettor for an internal-combustion engine, a rotary cylindrical throttle valve C, Fig. 5, carries a hollow concentric fuel-control tube F which can be separately adjusted angularly and axially relatively to the throttle valve. Fuel from the passage d' is controlled by a port f<2> in the tube working over a port g<2> in the carburettor casing. The point in the throttle valve movement at which fuel is admitted is determined by rotating the tube F relatively to the throttle valve by an arm f <4>, Figs. 1 and 5, and the amount of fuel admitted by adjusting the tube axially by a nut f<7> and screw-thread f<6>, both the arm and the nut being locked, after adjustment, to the actuating lever E of the throttle valve by cheese-headed screws e<2>, e<3> engaging notches in their peripheries, as shown in Fig. 5.
Patent GB-191513850-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Carburettors.
Inventor: GRAHAM JOHN THOMAS
IPC: C10J1/00
Filed: 1915-09-29
Abstract: 13,850. Graham, J. T. Sept. 29. Bucket-elevator apparatus.-Hydrocarbon liquid is supplied to a carburettor from,a reservoir m in which a pivoted bucket j mounted on a lever k picks up liquid from a recess l and delivers it to a funnel g having an outlet e leading to the carburettor, an adjustable overflow s, and an indicator u.
Patent GB-191515013-A (GB)
Filed: 1915-10-23
Abstract: 15,013. Sage & Co., F., and Feary, N. A. T. N. Oct. 23. Catches, spring.-A fastening is provided with two engaging parts which are locked together automatically by spring action and are released by manual operation of one of the members against the action of the spring, the engaging members having convex contacting surfaces which abut against one another in such a manner that the pulling- strain on the fastening is normal to the convex surfaces at their point or line of contact. Fig. 7 shows a fastening for an aviator's safety-belt, in which one fastening-member 3 is pressed by a spring 13 against a cover-plate 7, and the other fastening-member 4 is slid in guide-grooves beneath the cover-plate and snaps over the other fastening-member 3, which is hinged and provided with a handle 11.
Patent GB-191516063-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Automatic Pistols.
Inventor: CUCCURULLO ALESSANDRO
IPC: F41A3/40
Filed: 1915-11-13
Abstract: 16,063. Cuccurullo, A. Nov. 13. Breech actions, sliding barrel and breechblock.-Relates to automatic pistols of the type described in Specification 11,485/10, and consists in locking the breech-block by a pawl or catch 7, 8 pivoted to the breech-body and operated to unlock it by an incline 11 on the breech-frame, which is engaged by the tail 10 of the pawl during the recoil of the barrel and breech-body.
Patent GB-191517268-A (GB)
Title: A Method of Working Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: MELLERSH-JACKSON WILLIAM JOHN
IPC: F02B3/00
Filed: 1915-12-08
Abstract: 17,268. Jackson, W. J. Mellersh-, [Young, E. T.]. Dec. 8. Free-piston pumps; cam-actuated pumps. -To maintain, in internal-combustion engines, a constant or an increasing combustion pressure up to the point of cut-off, the fuel supply is progressively increased by augmenting the pressure under which it is injected. The invention is described in connexion with a four-stroke-cycle doubleacting engine in which the combustion chambers are separated from the cylinders each by narrow necks, the entering fuel being ignited by the heat of the cylinder contents. Fuel is supplied by a pump having a free piston 24, which is raised, to draw in fuel through an orifice 34, by a rod 25 actuated by a cam 26. The piston works against the pressure of a liquid buffer 29 which is acted upon by an elastic fluid under pressure in the chamber 28. When the piston is released bv the cam 26, it returns and expels the fuel through the pipe 20, the pressure behind the piston being augmented to increase the fuel supply by a plunger 30 acted upon by a cam 33.
Patent GB-191518064-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Machines for Cutting Off Pieces from Bars.
Filed: 1915-12-28
Abstract: 18,064. Taylor, Ltd., C., and Taylor, G. B. Dec. 28. Turning.-Rotary tool-heads for cutting-off machines have the tool-slides independently adjustable by hand without disturbing the common feed-mechanism. The slides are caused to move stiffly on these guides by means such as springs y, Fig. 2. A chain-driven annulus g drives the feed-screws through spur gearing b<6> and worm gearing b<8>. The nuts b<3> are adjustable by a tommy at j and are clamped at h<2>, Fig. 3. The mechanism may be applied to the tool-heads described in Specifications 25,223/10, [Class 61 (ii), Hand tools], and 27,487/13, the automatic equalizing-mechanism being rendered inoperative.